Susie Sumner (Revels) Cayton (1870 - 1943)

Born 1 Jan 1870 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Horace Roscoe Cayton Sr — married 12 Jul 1896 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1943 at age 73 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Susie (Revels) Cayton is Notable.

Susie Revels was born on January 01, 1870 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States. Her parents were Hiram Revels and Phoebe Bass. She married Horace Cayton on July 12, 1896. Together they had ~6 children:

1. Ruth R Cayton
2. Maggie Cayton
3. Horace Roscoe Cayton
4. Revels Cayton
5. Lillie Cayton
6. Susan Cayton

She passed away on July 28, 1943 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

The Revels-Cayton family was important to early-1900s Seattle. <Popular historian "The Mossback" said in one of his newsletters^[1], "The Cayton-Revels were a prosperous turn-of-the-century Black family that produced an important newspaper, and whose home on Capitol Hill was recently landmarked by the city. The story of their rise and fall, from Reconstruction to a late 19th century “moment of hope” for African Americans and their enduring growing racial prejudice is painful, but also fueled the new generation of family activism."

Watch a short video about the family, "The amazing legacy of the Cayton-Revels family" - [2].

The Seattle Times story about their legacy and home, "The Cayton-Revels House on Capitol Hill stands on a solid foundation of commitment to preservation": [3]

Sources

1. ↑ The Mossback Den, "Two Anniversaries" Mar 22, 2022, 12:35 PM linking to podcast "Podcast | How rising intolerance impacted a prominent Black Seattle family: [1]

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #246003944 (accessed 16 January 2023)
  Memorial page for Susan Sumner “Susie” Revels Cayton (1 Jan 1870-28 Jul 1943), citing Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by v f (contributor 46924171).

• Wikipedia:Susie Revels Cayton

• "Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WD9N-LBZM : 3 October 2019), Pheoba Bass, 1870.

• "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNB-DP7J : 4 November 2017), Horace R Cayton and Susie S Revels, 12 Jul 1896, King, Washington, United States, Washington State Archives, Olympia; FamilySearch digital folder 004269165.

• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N34W-97X : 10 March 2018), Susie Revels Cayton, 28 Jul 1943; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,953,886.